THE DEFENESTRATION of Sir Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, the anointing of Andy Burnham as his successor in both positions,
THERE HAS BEEN a bit of a flurry of interest recently over the British army’s ‘new’ armoured fighting vehicles, following on from the long-delayed publication
NO-ONE with a pulse can really have been surprised at recent events in Venezuela. The USA telegraphed its intent for months before finally taking action.
ALMOST EXACTLY a year ago I wrote in Think Scotland [My intrepid attempt at visiting St Kilda] about my failed attempt to visit the archipelago
FOR MANY YEARS now I have done the odd bit of media engagement, with occasional radio and tv interviews from time to time, plus some
I HAPPENED to be travelling along Edinburgh’s City Bypass last Saturday on my way to Glasgow at the same time as the farmer’s protest against
I HAVE JUST managed to purchase, by a staggering combination of serendipity and good luck, a painting by renowned Glasgow Boys artist William Kennedy at
AS FAR BACK as I can remember I have always wanted to go to St Kilda. I have difficulty in explaining exactly why. Something caught
THE UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has made a bit of a fanfare over Britain’s new main battle tank (MBT), the Challenger 3, and its
THE SNP/GREEN Scottish Government’s paper “An independent Scotland’s place in the world”, was published on 4 March 24, the eleventh in a series of papers
ANYTHING the UK can do the USA can do better. Britain’s Royal Marines recently lost an SA 80 rifle during a training exercise on Dartmoor,
I HAD the great misfortune of being in central Edinburgh last Saturday night. The evening of 5th July should have been a joyous occasion, what